Source:AP/ToI An international monitoring group on Wednesday warned that excessive secrecy in Mideast security agencies leaves countries like Egypt, Libya and Tunisia open to corruption even after the overthrow of authoritarian regimes. Continued...

BELGRADE, Serbia —Pavle Mircov and his partner, Daniella, nervously scan their e-mail in-box every 15 minutes, desperate for economic salvation: a buyer willing to pay nearly $40,000 for one of their kidneys. The...

Phantom Report Notes; United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973-demands the immediate establishment of a ceasefire and a complete end to violence and all attacks against, and abuses of, civilians. About 4 000...

A bomb exploded outside a Greek ministry responsible for axing 150,000 public sector jobs last night – apparently in protest at government spending cuts. Windows were smashed and desks were damaged in the...

Dimitris Christoulas, the 77-year-old retired pharmacist who shot himself on Syntagma Square in Athens because, as he said in the note he left behind, he would rather die than scavenge in rubbish bins...

Long term unemployment is rising. The government/corporate propaganda machine constantly promoting economy recovery is on the horizon. If you truly believe the propaganda machine [lies], you are not as informed as you should...

Oppression eventually leads to a state of war Source: Reuters Greece’s largest police union has threatened to issue arrest warrants for officials from the country’s European Union and International Monetary Fund lenders...

Greece government [controlled and influenced by the elite] has sold it’s sovereignty to corporations and bankers without the approval of the Greek populous. GREECE has agreed to lay off 15,000 public sector...

Nigeria’s government and labour unions have failed to end a paralysing nationwide strike over high gasoline costs, potentially sparking an oil production shutdown in a nation vital to US oil supplies. Nigeria Labour...

The government shakeup of the tax and benefits system will result in a further 400,000 children falling into relative poverty during this parliament, leaving Britain on course to miss legally binding targets to...

Douglas: United Nations? NATO? U.S.? EU? Exiled Saudi dissidents said police had sealed off the village of Awwamiya after using live fire to disperse Shia protesters on Monday night. They claimed 20 people...